The Sons of Vulcan was an American labor union which existed from 1858 until
1876. The union recruited puddlers, skilled craftsmen who manipulated pig iron
to create steel. In the 1870s, it was the strongest union in the United States.
It merged with two other iron and steel unions in 1876 to form the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers—the forerunner of the United
Steelworkers.